Lizzie is at the vet, getting abdominal exploratory surgery for a blockage. She’s been throwing up in increasing frequency for about 3 days and today has been unable to keep anything at all down…thankfully my vet has some Saturday hours so I made her an appointment. X-ray showed a large area in the small intestine…so please think good thoughts for my girl. I’ll update when I hear back.
UPDATE: Vet just called and she’s doing ok. He actually decided not to cut the intestine once he got in there…he massaged the blockage through and straightened the part of intestine that was telescoping in on itself. As an added bonus, he fixed her closed umbilical hernia while he was there LOL. She’s recovering.
#1 by Janet on December 12, 2009 - 12:48 pm
So glad to hear things worked out, so to speak. Cheryl says same symptoms happened to Profit when he swallowed a squeaky. Keeping our paws crossed.
#2 by C-Myste on December 12, 2009 - 12:56 pm
I’m going to be a lot more proactive and catch it early in the future, I hope. And I have now learned that dogs *can* take human laxatives. Milk also acts as a natural laxative for dogs.
#3 by admin on December 12, 2009 - 1:23 pm
I do think I caught it pretty early, OR it took a while in this case for it to develop into a “problem”…may have been a partial blockage for a day or two and only became serious maybe last night when she started throwing up more often. The vet said he was glad we decided to open her up, because while it wasn’t a huge issue at this point it WOULD have been by Monday. She wasn’t really “in distress” yet, thank goodness, and there was no damage to her intestines.
I’m getting very paranoid.
#4 by C-Myste on December 12, 2009 - 3:29 pm
Alice never threw up, or attempted to, and didn’t go off her feed. But it was still Wednesday night to Friday morning before I figured out that she had a real problem the first time. Wednesday night she seemed in distress and I spent some time up with her in the middle of the night (it’s common for me to be awake then anyway). I googled the symptoms of bloat and they didn’t fit.
I think that she must have had a partial blockage to start with as well, which then impacted and solidified. I’m hoping that if I can notice the early symptoms I can forestall it as I was able to last month.
#5 by Kathy on December 12, 2009 - 3:17 pm
Whew…glad to here that Lizzie is going to be OK. Why is it always on a weekend that these things happen!
#6 by Taryn on December 12, 2009 - 3:25 pm
Poor Lizzie! I hope she gets well fast!
#7 by Heidi on December 12, 2009 - 3:29 pm
Our dogs can be such munchers. Glad to hear she is doing OK.
#8 by Traci on December 12, 2009 - 7:39 pm
I can’t tell you how glad I am that Lizzie is going to be ok… I was SO worried
And then, of course, my next thought was “great – just as Piper has REALLY started getting into shredding toys – will she follow after her mom in THIS way too?” *sigh*
Snuggles to Lizzie, and I hope she quits eating crap she shouldnt! LOL
#9 by Stephanie on December 12, 2009 - 7:42 pm
Poor Lizzie!! (and poor YOU!) I am glad she will be OK. Any idea what she ate?
#10 by Keith & Jo on December 12, 2009 - 9:14 pm
Lucy sends her and our get well wishes to her mommy. I am thinking I need to have more bones laying about.
#11 by Carol on December 16, 2009 - 6:45 pm
Oh wow! I am away from my computer for awhile and look what happens! I’m glad Lizzie is okay, Jeri. If it ain’t one thang… it’s anuther!